S. Korean Deputy Unification Minister, US Deputy Envoy On N. Korea Meet In Seoul - Reports

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S. Korean Deputy Unification Minister, US Deputy Envoy on N. Korea Meet in Seoul - Reports

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th February, 2019) South Korean Deputy Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung held a meeting on Saturday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Korea Alex Wong and discussed the recent US-North Korean talks on the preparations for the second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, local media reported on Sunday, citing the country's Unification Ministry.

According to the Yonhap news Agency, Chun and Wong have also pledged to work together to improve relations between the two Koreas and achieve complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Hyok Chol, held talks in Pyongyang on February 6-8, where the two sides agreed on the date and venue for the second summit between the two countries' leaders, among other things.

The first summit between Trump and Kim took place in Singapore last June. The long-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders is slated to be held in Vietnam on February 27-28.